Packing and upholstery material.



- W. F. WYMAN. PACKING AND UPHOLSTERY MATERIAL. APPLICATION FILED DEC.31, 1908.

93%,782, Patented; Sept. 21,,1909

UNITED s'rarns Parana orrica.

WILLIAM F. :"WYMAN, OF OSHKOSH. WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOJOSEPH A.

' CRUM, OF OSHKOSH. WISCONSIN.

PACKING- AND UPI-IOLSTERY MATERIAL.

To all who-m u may concern:

Be it known that I, .VILLIAM F. \VYMAN, a citizen of the lnited States,and resident of Oshkosh. in the county of'lVinnebago and State of\Visconsin, have invented cer tain new and useful Improvements inPacking and Upholstering .Material; and I do hereby declare thatthefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention consists in a product manufactured from grassesparticularly coarse, tough marsh grass such as herbivorous animalsrefuse to eat; said product constituting a cheap, elastic non-resinousand preferably deodorized and sterilized packing and upholstery materialdesigned an economical substitute for the now expensive excelsior towhich it is preferable because of its being non-inflammable underordinary conditions,

or slow burnin if ignited, and which is not I susceptibleto changes ofatmospheric conditlons nor liable to leave its imprint on var-' nishedgoods packed therewith; said product being hereinafter more particularlyset forth with reference to the accompanying drawing and pointed out inclaims of this specification.

The drawing represents a mass of my product, that results from acrimping and drying of grass preferably coarse, tough marsh grass,primarily treated to a coating of salt or other suitable non-inflammablematerial with which coloring matter is some- Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Sept. 21. 1909.

Application filed December 31, 1908. Serial No. 470,228.

times incorpoiated. and in some instances the grass is deodorized andsterilized by subjecting the same to fumes of sulfur and formaldehyde.the product being a non-resinous. elastic packing and upholsterymaterial having a dry glutinous tire-resisting glaze whethcr colored ornot according tothe demands of the trade. The glaze also insuresretention of the crimps in the aforesaid material.

I claim:

1.. A packing and upholstery material consisting of crimped and driedgrass having a fire-resisting glaze.

2. A packing and upholstery material consisting; of deodorizcd andsterilized. crimped and dried grass having a firercsisting glaze. I 3. Apacking and upholstery material consisting of colored, crimped and driedgrass having a fire-resisting glaze.

-l-. A packing and upholstery material consisting of deodorized, coloredand crimped grass having a tire-resisting glaze.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my handatOshkosh in the county of 'innebago and State of Viscous-in in thepresence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM F. WYMAN.

Witnesses lnAs. ()ennnmon, ()Livr. E. Annonn.

